Take Back Your Education (Ignite Portland 2013 Talk)
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Take Back Your Education
Catherine Stevens
@cath_stevens
© 2009, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
© 2011, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Gap Year!!! Work! Travel!
Projects! Take Classes!
Content Community Credential
College ● Classes
● Dorms● Extra-curriculars● Greek life
● Diploma● Credibility
Real Life ● MOOCs● Internships● Projects
● Hacker houses● Makerspaces
(shared spaces for hardware projects)
● Class-specific certificates
● Projects that apply skills
← 14th century lecture
MOOC class setup →
Content
College ● Classes ● Lectures
Real Life ● MOOCs● Internships● Projects
Community
College● Dorms● Extra-curriculars● Greek life
Real Life ● Hacker houses● Makerspaces ● Co-working spaces
© 2011 Deskmag, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en© 2009 mengwong, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Makerspace in Singapore →
← Co-working space in Berlin
Credential
College● Diploma● Credibility
Real Life ● Class-specific certificates● Projects that apply skills
Content:Learned marketing
Practiced teaching and programming
Community:
Helped people form study-groups
Credential:Used the results and skills gained to get jobs and network
Silicon Valley →
Corvallis →
Simply Done Websiteswww.simplydonewebsites.com
Only in Silicon Valley
Only if you’re the next Mark
Zuckerberg
To go or not to go to college?
@cath_stevens
www.catherinestevens.me